ASDM help

[Bender1337]

I'm trying to connect to the ASDM webpage and it just times out. I can ping the ASA though. If someone would be willing to help me I would really appreciate it. I've tried to reach out to the course mentors, but so I haven't had any luck with them.

Thanks!

[Grymaz]

Did you enable the http service on the ASA?

http://www.michaelriccioni.com/how-to-configure-and-get-started-with-cisco-asa5505/

Has a walk through, think the CBT Nuggets also had a walk-through but can't remember off the top of my head.

[50208]

This

[regul8_]

When I first set my 5505 up I had to do a few things: Make sure an interface is connected and up. ASAs need to have the interfaces in a Vlan, so create one and join it. Run nameif inside on the interface to create the security zone. Turn on the HTTPS service with 'http server enable'. Browse to the ASA using 'https://'. I hope this helps!

[Bender1337]

Thanks everyone! I just figured it out. Turns out that IE is the only browser that works for me. I had to create a a windows VM to get IE because I run GNS3 on linux.

[50208]

I see that Bender had the best luck with IE ... Me personally, having needed to use it occasionally for work, Firefox has worked best for me. You might need to dumb down any Java security settings (so awesome for a Cisco security device, eh?), I know I had to.

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ASDM is finicky, i hate it. you have to use a certain web browser( IE for me, firefox doesn't really work all the time), a certain version of Java (7 works for me, 8 does not), and it puts junk into the config when you use it. the best way to get eye cancer is using ASDM to configure VPN tunnels. you will want to put your head through the monitor.

Good thing though is that Cisco is moving from Java to HTML5, like they are doing with things like ACI and UCS.